Recent content by sssingletrack

Re: I've just dropped this onto the bathroom scales to get a rough weight. Comes in at 14.1kg, or 31lbs. A little heavier than I thought!

Re: Nice looking bike. Being a rolling upgrade project, what are the plans?

Re: Thanks for the comments. I'd seen that Orange offer a repaint service, I wasn't aware that some of their frames have a lifetime warranty though.. Good to know if I ever buy another orange!

Hello all, I've recently given my Orange P7 a refresh, so I thought was worth posting. I picked up the frame mid 2019 for £40, and built up the bike from parts I already owned. I used the bike just like that until last week. After stripping it down I cleaned a few areas bubbling original paint...

Here's my Falcon Team Banana that I bought recently from eBay for £32. It's the basic model with simple steel tubing, rather than the higher spec Reynolds models. Everything is standard apart from the saddle, pedals and tyres as far as I'm aware. Front wheel has a pretty big flatspot that...